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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1925)
University U)ra,v Iters! BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Published Dally at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 5524 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925, PRICE FIVE CENTS Mat wax SHEPHERD TRIAL E Man Accused of Slaying Millionaire Orphan Will Face Jury Today WIFE IS WITH HIM Charles C. Faiman, Co-Defendant, to be State's Star Witness CHICAGO, .May IH William Dulling Shepherd in-ill mi I Hill nlnno tmliiy eluirgcd wlili I he mur der of Ills iiilllluiiiili'f fuller sun, Willlmil X. (Illlly) .TlrClliiKMk. Willi I III' prilttcrlllliill IliillrllllllK llllil It woiilil nk I In' ili'iilli penalty, j Charles V. rnliniin. bend of u school of sciences, who was Indicted Willi Shepherd unit confessed Hint ho Instructed tin' Inter In III" ltd -inlnlitlrntlnn of tyiilmlil serum iiih) supplied him Willi cultures, believ ing Hint Shepherd planned to kill younit "tllll," wnii granted a sepur alo t r In 1 on motion of Hint" At torney Robert K. Crowe. Km num. who said Bhnphcril hail promised h I lit a rnwurd of lloo.O'.M-. which Fnlmon Haiti ha expected to receive If Bhnphurd obtained "llllly'n" million dollar ostalo, In slated to be tho star witness at the prosecution. Shepherd, himself a lawyer. was pnlo wlmn brought Into tho prison fir's dock. Ilo was clean shaven, 1 u t bin milt showed lark of pressing. Mm. Julio Hlii'plii'nl. ill" ik'fi nd nut' wife, hurried forward nn I kliuwd nor husband. Shu hnd In tended to nit behind him but In trad win given a sent across (hi Rial. Estimates of court attaches iih to tho tlmii which would bo ro il ill rod to obtnln Hi" 13 juror ranged ' from 'ihreu days to'lhroo weeks. Judge Thomas J. Lynch of Iho criminal court presided. HTATK KOKKMTKK COMING K, A. Elliott, ntnte foroslor. will arrive cither tomorrow or Wednos dny on n general Inspection trip of Ktnmiith forosts. While hero ho will confer with Jack Kimball, sccrn tnry of tho Klnnmtli Forest Pro toctlvo association. UKTl ltNH TO GOLD CAPK TOWN, rnlon of South Africa, Mny 18. It was offlclnlly nnnounccd thul South Africa today returned to tho Fold atandnrd. - Carnival Employe May Be Deported; Held Here In Jail A. Valley, employe of tho Bnnpp Dro., carnival arrested last night on a chargo of Intoxication, Ii be ing bald In jull hero facing depor tation to Canada, polico n'ino.uu'e.1 . tndny. Valloy, after he .isi plcl:oil up, admitted thjjt ho had .-ome ta this country without piimp.'rt ; apern ii nil that ho was nn u:m lluriilUad cltlzon, Chief of Pollcu l.ouiki Mild. Through Hurt C. Thomas, United States conimlsslonof, thoolioo do pnrtmant today conimuulcntel' wUh tho Immlgvntlon dcpiirtmoni of I'jn lnnd, asking t'Unt they :,ilu up ;lio ca hq i and act lis thoy tun (It. Valley will bo held by polico tin'.ll I'linil ' grutlon nuthrlllim nrrivo or until Instruotlons to rolousa him nro ro-colved. IN MURUER GAS GETS UNDER WAY Alleged Attempt To Blackmail "Fatty" Arbucjkle Under Probe By i Prosecutor At Los Angeles LOS AN0ELK8, May 18. An al leged attempt to blnckmnll Hoscoo (Fatty) Arbticklo, formor film comcdlnn, w h 0 married Dorrls Dentin Saturday, has been. under in vestigation by tho district, attor neys' offlco for tho last several' days, tho Lob Angolos Exumlnor says to , tiny. Tho nllogcd domnnd upon tho. portly ox-comedian Is sold by tho Kxamlnor to have boon mndo by a Mrs, J. A. Murphy of Snn Francisco who l'oproson tod herself ns acting In liohnlf of Arbucklo'R brothor, Arthur Arhucklo, i - . A totul'ot S12,B00(wns iliimnndod nnd, according Co an agreement slgn od by Mrs, Murphy In tho prosonco Merrill Store Changes Hands R. H. Anderson and Martin Brothers Buy Mercantile Co. (Himii'IiiI to TIiii I liquid J MKItltlLI,,. Orn.. May IT.- A donl of considerable moment to Hiii iii'oplo of tho Morrill section was consummated Kiittirduy, when tho Merrill Merruiilllo company be came lint iiroiiurty of It. II. Ander son mid Murtln Hrolhura, unit will liu inniiolldnlod with ili..' S'hl In 1 1 ii hi under (he imiiiiMeiiiont of II. Ii, AnderHon, Until thoi.e flnm. have liuen doing binlnun.i Ii. Mer rill tor a number of yeitru nntl en Joy n wide patronage. Ilenrinii on Hie entiiiolldiitlnn, Mr. Anderson Hint. id: "Tim eoiimiliilnlliin will undoubt edly insult In n iiiiiIitI.i! benefit to i Hut imlilli'. nn ll will ri'Hiili lu Hie (diminution of n double overhead nnd other expense which the buyer hud to iny. Wo nr golwr to pom. HiIh saving on to our pi'lnnm. :,nd while imik Ink n bigger and better store wo will be uhln to offer tho merclnindixa wo hiindlo at p.'luo thill will bo mom ntiruclv:i tli.ui ever lo our customer. "Another reason for our 'neck ing thin consolidation In our belief, Ihnt Merrill In on Ihu threshold of great development, and wnmed to Ret In a poult Ion where wo nn properly and promptly meet every dumiind Unit mny bo mnde ou us. Tho business will bo coin!': " under the nama of the White I Inline. We nre going to retain tho lease on Iho building now occupied by Iho Morrill Mercantile compnny, an wo believo tho enlargement of our business will riviulru it for warchoiiHo pur pones." The Merrill Mercantllo coii'pony linn been operated under thn own ership of lluldwln & llloomlni;eninp. Real Beer Will Be Available Shortly At Canadian Town WINDSOIl, Ont.. Moy 18. Tho prospect of a drink of real beer for five cents a glass without fear of blocking laws Is causing thousands of Cunudluns nnd Amorlcmts to be eager fnr next Thursday to como. An amendment to tho Ontario dry act legalising 4.4 per cent beer goes Into effect then. Dollvory of beor to holds In anticipation of tho op ening ru.ih begun today. Thero will bo no bars and all drinks must be served at a table. Tho beer will bo 4.4 per cent weight j'und 2.tfe by volume. Big Irrigation ' Project Ready (Special to Tho Herald) YUKKA. Calif., May 18. An all day celebration with n monster bar becue nn n special feature marked tho opening Saturday nt Mncdoel of tho recently completed Unite Valley Irrigation district. Tho project cost more than half a million dollars to' conipleto nnd will wntor 25,000 acres on tho northwestern slopes of Ml" Shasta. Tho lingo pumps will drlvo tho stored waters of two rlvoi'8 over the acres and tho pumps woro put In op nrntlon Saturday tor tho first limn. Hundred! of peoplo from northern California nnd southern Oregon nt tended tho guln event. of Iloscoo Arhucklo and two district attorney reprosentntlvcs. who wero present merely ns Arbucklo'a friends, tho money was to cover tho losses sustnined by Arthur Arhucklo dur ing, the "trial and troublos" of his brother In San Francisco In 1021 nnd 1922. In ' addition to tho agreement, written nt tho bottom, It also was agreed that "tho name nnd chur nctor of Hoscoo Arhucklo shall not bo assaulted or ntlackcd In any manner beforo any club or orgnnlin tlou, newspaper or federation of wanton's Clubs." Arhucklo gavo tlto woman a chock for S 1,000 ns n first Installmout, tho Exnmlnor says. . . STATE OFFICERS E Cigar Money "Earned" in Small Form of Petty Graft, is Charge INQUIRY UNDER WAY Ten Cents Per Mile Charged Bonus Commissioner is Offender .U:.M, .Mny IK. Suite officials mil employes iiiuke clgiu- in'uiey "Imply by irnvclliisc In their nulii iiiiiblles fi'iini line town tn another anil cIiiiikIiik I'"' le Hie mileage rule i f III cents iiillo that is "I louiil by liltv,' ili'CDl'illliK lo iiccllsil- llollk lilllile in Salem. This Iiiih come iinilei the observation of n coiiuiifiiei of tnv :ii)ci's who con lem;ilule un ( Invent luatioii of what Ibey IhIIi vi' Ih iiii abuse of privil ege, i'lgtircs and nmiies of nffl ciuls mid ciiiilofs have been cum- piled In support of the contenlloii. At the 10 cents a mile ralo It is found thai sjiiid slate officials have ccllectcd as much as 1GU In a month's time. Tie itallstlra thut have been com plied show that Edward F. Halle;' of Juniillo.'V City, member of the state bonus board made a trip from Junction to Salem and return, for which he chirged tho state 111.60 for the 116 miles. This was March 16. On Murca 23 he made tho same trip and the same charge again, while on January 23 and 24 ha made a trip from Junc tion lo Purtlitnd and back, charging Cie slate 121.80 for it, the total distance being 218 miles. .' 'AitntlieC Instance Slate Tux Commissioner Karl Fisher-Is cited as having put In a 1)111 of S3. 10 on April 3 for a trip from Salem to Dallas nnd back. Ho cculd have made the trip by stage for SI, round trip. Ho put In a bill of S10.S0 for a trip to Portland and return, for which railroad faro would huvo been S2.no. On April 22 Fishor drove froai Salem to Oregon City and buck 77 mllcj, nnd turned .In n bill for 17.70. (Continued on I'nco Three) Officials . Waiting Word of Debt From . Foreign Countries " WASHINGTON. Mny IS. The Wnshington government Is awaiting with interest some word of the re ception accorded In the nine Euro pean debtor notions to tho news that this country desires to nr- rango funding settlements without undue delay. .Meanwhile (hero- is speculation ns to which will bo tho first to submit a proposal. Franco, whoso debt to tho United States Is tho largest of tho Int. is regarded ns tho hub of tho slum tlon, and It is known Hint officials would welcome an opening move from Hint quarter. Famous Racing .'Farm Has Fire Brown Stables Near . Mt. Shasta Are Par tially Destroyed (Special to The Herald) YHEKA, Cnllt., May 18. Flro of unknown origin threatened the fam ous II. 1). llrown racing stable and do'itroyod throe buildings valued at $25,000 at tho Urown Shasta ranch near Jit. Shasta last nighty The cnokhouso, one barn nnd tho ranch offlco wore destroyed nnd workmon tolled frantically to save the ranch rocordn nnd the contents of the oookhouso. They were successful. The Mt. Shasta f(ro department mado Its first run with its now ap paratus and aided in checking the spread of tho flames, llrown, who returned from Culm Thursday, t.-ok .personal chnrgo of tho conflagra tion. The ranch is one or tho most famous In thn Unltod States, and many of tho horses under training there woro recently returned from ho Tla tlnnnn tracks whoro they racod last win lor, , 1 CHARbEMILEAG Oil AUTOS f INSANE 'MAN g T-TTQ TATT rRT T 1 i lli;.j.l, Ore., May IH. IUy Davis, ilcliilnnl in Hie lle- HI'llUll'H Olllllly Jul) H'llllinK 'mi liisilliily charge, set fire to Hie Ix'ihliiig In Ills cell lust night mid then culled for help. The nl her prisoners In (lie Jail Hirew nil f Hie water Hiey hail in I lie oilier cells on Davis mill I lie burning; lieil dljifC. The hunks were still nooklng when Sheriff S. I). Huberts arrived m l lie jail Ibis iiioriilug. None of I lie prisoners ivih Injiireil, . , Dnvis tvns In n cell con tuiuliig: four bunks mid lie fired all nf Ihese, He , was brought in lo Hie sheriff sev eral days ago by neighbor from n ranch iiiiInIiIc of town. The neighbors complained thai Davis whlnilcil ill inlil ulght mill annoyed Iliein. Power Company Worker Killed at Copco Dam Robert S. Welch Elec trocuted Touching' Live Wire MEDFOUD, Ore..' Mny IS. The body of Hobert 8. Welch. 27. of Prospect, Ore., who was to have been married to Miss Selma Hun sen of .Meoronl next month, was brought to this city last nlpht from Copco, Calif., where he was killed Saturday afternoon by coming in contact with a live wire while at work for the California-Oregon Power company. . - - , According to 4ho coroner's In quost report tho exact cause of the accident could not be determined. tba testimony of witnesses merely establishing the, fact that Welch was working on a polo, thero was a flash . of fire' and smoke, and when tho body was broimh. down tho young man was dead. , Welch was a veteran "f the World war and the funeral this afternoon will be under the aus pices of tho American Legion Coast Guards Smuggling In Illicit Booze Ninteen of Group Fight ing Rum Row Fall by the Way-Side t NEW YOUK. May IS. Internal troubles aro proving handicaps to coast guardsmen blockading New York's rum roy. Six members of tho coast guard have boon court mnrtiulcd for smuggling liquor and three for Intoxication 11 was reveal ed today. Officers havo refused to discuss tho affair, but it Is known that nine teen men have' been confined for varying periods In tho complaint on Staten Island awaiting court mar tini, for various offenses. ix con victed of smuggling bnvo been sen tenced to six months imprisonment nnd three got throe months each for intoxication. TLAYKIM NKl'.l) JOIW If Klamath Falls Pelican baseball team Is to retain its present personnel Intact, Jobs must bo secured for four of the players, officials of the the club announced todiV. Ono pitcher, a short stop, third haseban and the catcher have been unable to secure a position In Klamath Falls, nnd ' will be urinhlo to continue play- Ing on tho Pelican nine unless 4 they can get work. 4 Anxious to retain the pres- ent strength of the team, tho manngor nnd captain of tho 4 tho team havo been working hard to obtain positions for the four players, but so fur 4 have boon unsuccessful. ' 4 Any employer who can help 4 tho city nine 'out, la asked to communicate with Ilorl Cook 4 at tho Mecca pool room. KLAMATH FALLS TAKES E Defeats Mt. Shasta, 1 to 0, is Fast Contest at -Local Park NORWEST SHOWS GOOD Knocks Three-Bagger and Gets Home on Bunt 1500 Cheer Team 'lflecn hundred baseball funs yesterday jiflrrnooii u-il iiesseil the liest game of ball ever played in Klmtiulli t''allst when the Klmiiath 'elicillis defeated Ml. Shasta 1 to 0 In the oM'iiiii(c gullle of the Klmu- aib-Slskiyou league, held at the fair grounds field. It was the trusty bat of Norwest. agllo shortstop, which spelled de feat for Mt. Shasta. Norwest. the first man at bat in the first inning, connected with a groover and lined It out to left field. Mt. Shasta's left fielder. Davenport,' started to run in on the ball and tho pill sailed over his head on a bee line. Norwest romped around until he reached .third base. Xonvest Scores "Bed" Watts," second baseman for tho Pelicans, was tho next man at bat. Prepared for a hard hit, tho Mt. Shasta infield was caught off its balance when Watts laid down a pretty bunt. Like a flash, Norwest - started for home. Mt. Shasta's pitcher scooped up the ball and threw home, but Norwest, with a neat hook slide behind the catcher, was Bafe. From that point on, the game de veloped Into a pitcher's battle be tween Mehlcr of.KIc.Jtath Falls and Bay'of Mt. Shasta, with, the former Just a "shade the better.' Once the Pelicans were in a tight place. In the seventh with one man out, Mt. Shasta had a man on second and third. 1 Mohlcr Goes Good I Mohler took stock of the situaJ tlon and set himself to the task of striking out the opposing batters. The first man up swung wildly at his hooks and fanned. The second did tho same and the side was re tired with the score still 1 to 0 in favor of Klamath. During the eighth and ninth In nings Mohler was invincible. Mt. Shasta's sluggers went down in 1-2-3 order. Xorwcst Is Slur The all around playing of Nor west was one of the features of tho game. The flashy shortstop, besides playing a fast game on the field, made three safe hits In four times up, one triple, one double and a single. His running mate, Watts, covered wldo territory on second base, frequently running out into short right field to spear a Texas leaguer. (Conf imied On l'ngo l'Tvc) , Youth Who.Killed Grandmother Will Hang For His Act POTTSVILLE, Pu., May 18. William Cavulllor, 15 year old slay er of his grandmother for the pur pose of robbery, today was sentenc ed to die in the clectrlo chair. ,, Ho stood awkardly bofore tho court twisting his hat and looking at the floor while sentence was pro nounced by Judge Koch. Otherwise he showed no emotion. Cavallier's mother was not In the court room. 'Counsel for the boy announced an appeal would bo taken for a new trial. , . ' Accident Closes Ewauna Saw Mill An accident On the carriage at the Ewauna ltox Co., mill this morn log at 9 o'clock . brought a tempor ary shut-down of the mill until tho carriage could bo repaired. The . accident occurred w-n a log became fouled, causing Sawyer carriage. Tho carriage smash: d Joe Itosser to lose control :if tho Into tho bumpers but did net leave the tracks., Rossor, whlla save'.'oly shaken up, was not Injured but ex perienced a miraculous cacaoi . . 1 According to. Ju.ii'ir H'Eirittt tho mill would bp opjratl.iir ki usual this afternoon. II, OF SERIES Local Laundry Purchased By Corvallis Men Change of Ownership of New City Laundry Nakata Leaving Sale Saturday night of tho New City laundry to Cordon MacAulay and Marshall Fields of Corvallis was announced this morning by Frank Nakata. who for 1.1 years has owned and operated the laun dry In Klamath Fails. Purchase of the plant, which is located on the .corner of Main nnd Conger avenue, was approximately 120.000, it was reported. The deal has been pending since April 23. when the two Corvallis men entered into a contract of sale agreement Sinco that time they have been in and out of Klamath Falls, negotiat ing with Kakata. The deal . was actually consummated . and , the money changed hands on Saturday night. , Nakata is a pioneer in the laun dry business In Klamath Ful's. Coming here 13 years ago from San Francisco, he started up a 'itt! band laundry on Fonr'.h street. It Is understood that he will spend several weeks In Klamath Falls helping tho new owners. Follow ing that he will take a vacation and eventually move to California, it was said. ' Mr. MacAulay and ' Mr. Fields, formerly conducted a laundry In Corvallis. Tbey recently sold out their interests in the college town and immediately started negotia tions for the local laundry. It is understood that they plan to in stitute some improvements In the plant, including new machir.o-y. MRU. FOSTER UKTS RANGE ' ; Mriw M.- E. Foster-was' given the electric.' range at 1 Elks' Western nig.ht Saturday and. her son. Bud Conway, now Ts the proud owner. Mrs. Foster, as a house warming gift, gave her son the range to put In his new home on North Sixth street purchased from E. S. Henry for $4000. ; i .. Pistol Scares Horse; Middle Aged Man Hurt Edwin Kennedy, employe of tho Pacific Telephone & Telegrapi com pany, was severely injured Satur day afternoon as a result of a cap pistol being discharged under the nose of a nervous horse.' Kennedy, who was on the rear of a wagon hauling dirt, lost his balance and . fell to the pavement when he frightened horse reared and lunged forward. ' The accident occurred on Sevent'i street, between Pino and Main streets. Kennedy's hip was severely mju.eu oy lue , Kennedy has been employed by the telephone company for tho past two weeks, on the underground cab le extension work now in progress in different sections of the city. Strahorn Railroad Franchise ' Ballot Starts Today; Shall He Receive Exclusive Permit? Should tho city council grant the Strahorn road an exclusive fran chise to cross Sixth street? Or should the common user clause be inserted as a definite means of inviting competitive lines to tho Klamath country? .It has been definitely charged that an exclusive franchise to the Strahorn Hue on Sixth street would "bottle up" tho city. This STRAHORN RAILROAD BALLOT Shall the Strahorn line be granted an exclusive franchise to cross Sixth street, or shall the common-user clause be inserted? . What Do You Think? For an Exclusive Franchise..........Mark ( ) Against Exclusive Franchise ,;,.L..,..Mark ( ) ' Mark your ballot. Then mail or bring it to the Herald office. ' ,' A TAU NTON i EST IT Snapp Brothers Have Their Schedule "Temporarily Disconnected' ; 1 1 'DAMAGE SUIT ' BASIS Salem Boy Demands $2000 Claim From one of the .'. Reputed Owners " Whatever engagements Snapp Bros, carnival ha:, for the next Hour or five, days, will be postpon- cd, pending settlement or disposal of a claim of $2,042 by- Donald Stlckney of Salem, ngalnai the groat Alamo Shows.' William It. Snappi, formerly part owner In the Great Alamo shows. is now claimed to be part owner in the Snapp Bros, carnival. - On this ground, young Sllckney's,local legal representative, had the sheriff hold ' three coaches, eight flat cars and a dining car of the Carnival company. But' on Friday afternoon, William R. Snapp, sold his Interest to bis brother Ivan Snapp, according to records on file at the county clerk's office. ' ' ' .! ' To the claims of Stlckney against the Snapp Bros. , carnival, William R. Snapp says that he doesn't own any property of the circus and hence the carnival can not be hold up In Klamath Falls. At all events a sheriff's Jury will dec.'do within the next five days whether or not Stlckney has a claim cn any 1 property' of ' Snapp Bros, carnival, v ' ' In the meantime, the carnival troupe wa3 scheduled ,o leave Klam atii Falls , 'yesterday : morning', but owing to the detention, of the major, part of their railroad equipment, were unable to .'do "so-:, . ' ' Youth Injured Background, to the Interesting situation Is laid back as far as 101 w'oea Donald Stlckey, a minor was injured In - Salem while riding a merry-go-around operated by the Great Alamo Shows. William R. Snapp was part own er In this circus. ;.'.:' ' : . Through his guardian, young Stlckney took the matter to the' courts and in . 1921 obtained a judg ment against the Great Alamo shows for $2,000. But execution nn the Judgment was Impossible owing to the fact t jat ' W. R. Snapp . had ;nove.l out of the stata and was operating the Snapp Bros, shows. with his brother Ivan. Snapp's first return to Oregon since the Judgment was when ! he came here with the Snapp Bros, car nival, according to Wr. A. Wlesl, local attorney for Stlckney. On last Monday Walter WIsslow, Salem attorney, telegrapher to Mr. Wlest the claims of Stlckney against Wil 11m R. Snapp. Mr. Wiest Immedi ately! began Investigating and !nter. ' viewed Mr. Snaiip 5 ; . Attachment Made Along about Friday, Mr. Wlesb felt that the time had arrived , to take u:tion. He Immediately got In touch with the sheriff and pm ( Continued On l'ago Hi) - question is now , beforo i tho city council. . . r '-' ' "' Mayor Coddard has twlco vetoed a resolution seeking -to give this line an exclusive . franchise. Do you approve his stand? Mark tho ballot appearing bolow nnd send It to The Herald office. Gtvo tho coun cil a chance to see what tho peoplo generally think of this franchlso question. ' 1 GOING
